But let's have some fun with the idea anyway. The legend was shared on the popular Vanished Kalamazoo Facebook group with the question, "Remember the old rumor that people were locked up in the Tower of the State Hospital?" Several commentors do indeed remember hearing that urban legend.

The tower is completely off limits to the general public as its in the courtyard of the Kalamazoo State Hospital and surrounded on all sites by that building. That of course, adds to the structure's mystique.

Other legends surround the property like the longstanding rumors of tunnels running to Asylum Lake.